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Selections for Cork – Apr. 6th 2026
1.15: FENIAN MAXIOS – EW – (MIKE O’CONNOR/MICK WINTERS) 1.50: KING BOB (DYLAN ROBINSON/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 2.25: SKY LORD (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.00: THE GREAT UNKNOWN (DAVID DOYLE (7)/SAM CURLING) 3.35: FOCUS POINT (DAVY HYDE (2*) /TIM HYDE) 4.10: SOLITARY MAN (AINE O’CONNOR/ENDA BOLGER) 4.45: BOUNDFORNOWHERE (JOEY DUNNE (7)/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.10: TINTARA (JOEY DUNNE…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 6th 2026
2.05: ARSLAN – EW – (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.40: PROACTIF (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.15: TIMELESS TREATY – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.50: GLEN KILN – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/HARRY KELLY) 4.20: SAINT SAM (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.00: FLICKR OF HOPE – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/MARK FAHEY) 5.40: UNION STATION – EW…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 5th 2026
1.30: NEWBROOK DIAMOND – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.05: SKY AND SAND – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 2.40: LEADER D’ALLIER (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3,15: LOVE ME TENDER – EW – (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.50: ZANOOSH – EW – (BRIAN HAYES/COLM MURPHY) 4.25: BREAK MY SOUL – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/IAN DONOGHUE) 5.00: KALA…
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 5th 2026
1.15: MINO DES MOTTES (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 1.50: ABSURDE (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.25: KIMI DE MAI (HARRY COBDEN/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.00: IFALLGOESWELL – EW – (ETHAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/CHARLES BYRNES) 3.35: THEMANINTHEANORAK – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/EUGENE O’SULLIVAN) 4.10: NOWWHATDOUTHINK (LIAM QUINLAN/RAY HACKETT) 4.45: MISTER PINK – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 5.15: TOO HOT TO…
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Crash hoping charges stay on course as they take on the big boys
Meath U-20 Hurling manager Sean ‘Crash’ Corrigan has, as one would have expected, kept faith with those who have recorded victories over Antrim and Carlow as his charges move into Phase 2 of the Leinster Championship, taking on Dublin this afternoon at Parnell Park (2PM, live on Clubber TV) That means that Joey Christie of…
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Selections for Cork – Apr. 4th 2026
2.20: YOUR SONG – EW – (DAVID EGAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 2.55: SHADOW RUN – EW – (JAMIE POWELL/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 3.25: CARDIFF BY THE SEA (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/FOZZY STACK) 4.02: BUCCANERO FEURTE (DAVID EGAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 4.37: SIGNORA (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.12: MAGICAL ZOE – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.45: NOD OF APPROVAL – EW…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Apr. 4th 2026
2.05: POETIC TWIST – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.40: MYSTICAL GODESS – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.15: HARBOUR HIGHWAY (MAXINE O’SULLIVAN/EMMET MULLINS) 3.50: PETIT SECRET (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.25: STAR OF THE WEEK – EW – (RICKY DOYLE/ARTHUR MOORE) 5.00: MESSERSCHMIT – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: LIZZIE TWIGG (HARRY…
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Hoping to build on a good start
Having dug out a gutsy victory in their opening round fixture against Kildare in the Leinster MHC, Niall McKeigue’s side welcome Antrim to Trim tomorrow (Saturday), hoping to repeat the victory of our U-20 lads over the same opposition in Kilmessan 13 days ago. Yes, you will note that, yet again, two Meath teams are…
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Selections for Curragh – Apr. 3rd 2026
1.22: EDWARD THATCH (DAVID EGAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 1.57: TAI TAM BAY – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/E & P HARTY) 2.32: TOTALLY PUZZLED (COLIN KEANE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.07: FAIYUM (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.42: IRON FIST – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 4.17: FIVER FRIDAY – EW – (NATHAN CROSSE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.52: ATOMIC CITY (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)…
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If you’re comparable to Graham Taylor, you’re losing
There was a line in an old Irish soap opera that, although it was filmed less than two miles from my front door, had come and gone before my time. The Riordans, which turned out to be a forerunner to Bracken and, eventually, Glenroe. Anyway, the only line I’ve ever heard from show out at…
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